Probably, but just as England have very different test and T20 teams, I think they should explore different hone and touring teams. I suppose Root, Stokes, Moeen and Bairstow would play in each, but few others.

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Probably, but just as England have very different test and T20 teams, I think they should explore different hone and touring teams. I suppose Root, Stokes, Moeen and Bairstow would play in each, but few others.

Can you say more about this as to roughly how you'd pick the home and away team if you could? I'm quite interested.

I still think folks like Anderson and Broad are kinda toxic in the dressing room atmosphere. Nothing to back that up except few judgments based on how they have behaved publicly and few accounts from the KP issue days. But I feel this is a good time to let go of most of that old guard and bring in a young team. Something like this might work:

They have to groom at least one out and out quick bowler and they have to trust their leggies - whether it is Crane or Rashid. Moeen Ali is a batsman who bowls and always has been. He is not gonna win you games on good tracks or even get you 3-fers on good tracks which you sometimes need.

The second team has more attacking batsmen and more pace and spin, but less control in either discipline. But there is still a lot of variety and batting depth (Rashid, Plunkett and J Overton are each decent with the bat).

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I still think folks like Anderson and Broad are kinda toxic in the dressing room atmosphere. Nothing to back that up except few judgments based on how they have behaved publicly and few accounts from the KP issue days. But I feel this is a good time to let go of most of that old guard and bring in a young team. Something like this might work:

They have to groom at least one out and out quick bowler and they have to trust their leggies - whether it is Crane or Rashid. Moeen Ali is a batsman who bowls and always has been. He is not gonna win you games on good tracks or even get you 3-fers on good tracks which you sometimes need.

I think Moeen is underrated as an off-spinner, but he is certainly inconsistent. I wouldn't dump the old guard entirely, but rather treat them as specialists.

__________________"Myth and high culture have much in common. Each is concerned to idealise the human condition, to lift it free from contingencies". -Sir Roger ScrutonLoveFreedom?PENCE 2018

The second team has more attacking batsmen and more pace and spin, but less control in either discipline. But there is still a lot of variety and batting depth (Rashid, Plunkett and J Overton are each decent with the bat).

The second team has more attacking batsmen and more pace and spin, but less control in either discipline. But there is still a lot of variety and batting depth (Rashid, Plunkett and J Overton are each decent with the bat).

I think Moeen is underrated as an off-spinner, but he is certainly inconsistent. I wouldn't dump the old guard entirely, but rather treat them as specialists.

Not sure if you do not have the Overton bros crossed over there. I thought J Overton was the quick one and C Overton the guy who can bowl dry and bat decently. And yeah, I do not think Ali is underrated at all as I have seen many English fans claim he is even the best offie in the world a few times (mostly after he gets poles during the English home tests) but the point is, him playing as your only spinner on good batting tracks will always fail. They need one of the leggies to play and let Moeen concentrate on keeping runs down. That is when he is actually able to get wickets.